I have downloaded the DMD alpha compiler for Win32.  I also have the Dev CD of DMC upgraded all the way through 8.29.  My "install" path is s:\DevTools\DigitalMars\ (for DMC) and DMD is installed in the dmd directory directly under DMC.  DMC and DMD \bin\ subdirectories are both in my path, with DMC in front.  I assumed order wouldn't really matter, since the exe's in the dmd\bin directory don't exist in DMC and vice versa.  I am running Windows 98 SE in a VMware box (VMware shouldn't matter, but I'm trying to be complete...)

That's my setup, here's my problem:

If I open a dos prompt and type 'dmd', I get back usage info.  If I go to a directory that has .d source files (\samples\d\) and type 'dmd hello.d', I get "Requires Win32".  Here's the weird bit -- at any point after that, if I just type 'dmd', I get "Requires Win32".

I *think* that DMD it touching a DOS behavior that Microsoft decided to be paranoid about.  Win9x will switch its "normal" dos prompt support to a more fully compliant dos box if it detects certain kinds of activity.  Once in such a box, programs cannot detect that they are actually on a Win32 machine.  It is also possible that it does this for the entire DOS subsystem, not just for a particular box.

Has anyone else seen this problem?  Is it just me, or is this a known Win98SE issue?  There is a possibility that it has something to do with being inside a VMware box, but that *should* be transparent...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I like the look of D, but I can't get anything to compile...

Thanks,
Mac

dmd.exe is a vanilla Win32 executable. The "requires Win32" is the DOS stub executable. Your runtime environment is trying to run dmd as a DOS program - I don't know why.

"Mac Reiter" <Mac_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:ajej3p$2g5e$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I have downloaded the DMD alpha compiler for Win32.  I also have the Dev
CD of
> DMC upgraded all the way through 8.29.  My "install" path is s:\DevTools\DigitalMars\ (for DMC) and DMD is installed in the dmd
directory
> directly under DMC.  DMC and DMD \bin\ subdirectories are both in my path,
with
> DMC in front.  I assumed order wouldn't really matter, since the exe's in
the
> dmd\bin directory don't exist in DMC and vice versa.  I am running Windows
98 SE
> in a VMware box (VMware shouldn't matter, but I'm trying to be
complete...)
>
> That's my setup, here's my problem:
>
> If I open a dos prompt and type 'dmd', I get back usage info.  If I go to
a
> directory that has .d source files (\samples\d\) and type 'dmd hello.d', I
get
> "Requires Win32".  Here's the weird bit -- at any point after that, if I
just
> type 'dmd', I get "Requires Win32".
>
> I *think* that DMD it touching a DOS behavior that Microsoft decided to be paranoid about.  Win9x will switch its "normal" dos prompt support to a
more
> fully compliant dos box if it detects certain kinds of activity.  Once in
such a
> box, programs cannot detect that they are actually on a Win32 machine.  It
is
> also possible that it does this for the entire DOS subsystem, not just for
a
> particular box.
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem?  Is it just me, or is this a known
Win98SE
> issue?  There is a possibility that it has something to do with being
inside a
> VMware box, but that *should* be transparent...
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I like the look of D, but I can't
get
> anything to compile...
>
> Thanks,
> Mac
>
>